How to Contain All of Your Screenshots

Too many files end up lingering on my desktop until I have a spare moment to sort through it all. I take screenshots all the time for a variety of reasons. The other day I was searching around and found the solution to all my problems…

Follow these instructions to change the location of where your ‘Screenshots’ get saved:

OPTION 1 (The old way)

- First, create a folder in your user directory (where you would usually find “Pictures” “Documents” “Downloads” etc) named “Screenshots.” It should look something like this:

- Open Terminal and type in the following:

- When you’re finished typing press the ‘return’ key

- Now, type in the following:

and press the ‘return’ key.

OPTION 2:

Press Command+Shift+5, click Optioins, select “Other Location…” This will allow you to choose the location within a traditional finder window and should only need to be set once.

All set! Now each Screenshot you take will be saved to this folder from now on. I like to take an extra step and move that “Screenshots” folder in to my ‘Favorites’ for easy access.